They track more than traffic. They also track errors, types of errors, and traffic statistics are often broken down into different packet sizes.
VLANs are another reason to need a managed switch. On November 16, 2015 9:20:28 AM PST, wes <p...@the-wes.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> One member of the family that owns the plant also owns some sort of a >> business computing consulting or services company. He wishes that I >had >> used a managed switch so he could know how busy my network was and I >> don't know what else a managed switch would tell him. >> >> >A managed switch offers tracking of the traffic on each port, >accessible >via SNMP so you can easily create graphs and such. > >-wes >_______________________________________________ >PLUG mailing list >PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
